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Firefox jumps between workspaces, why?

April 26, 2017firefox jumps workspaces

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Firefox jumps between workspaces, why?

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When a new tab is opened from an external link in Firefox, it asks the WM to show the window containing the new tab. If the window that has requested to be raised is not on the current desktop, the Xfce Window manager will bring it to the current desktop by default. If you do not want this behavior, there is a hidden option to control this behavior. in ~/.